osnaburg

American  

[oz-nuh-burg] / ˈɒz nəˌbɜrg /

noun

1. a heavy, coarse cotton in a plain weave, for grain sacks and sportswear and also finished into cretonne.

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osnaburg British  

/ ˈɒznəˌbɜːɡ /

noun

1. a coarse plain-woven cotton used for sacks, furnishings, etc

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Etymology

Origin of osnaburg

1535–45; irregular after Osnabrück ( def. ), known for its linen

Example Sentences

Us wore mostly slips, wove in homemade looms; an' dey was osnaburg an' homespun.

From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives by United States. Work Projects Administration

Our osnaburg mattress ticks were filled with straw.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 by Work Projects Administration

The linen tablecloth was either of holland, huckaback, dowlas, osnaburg, or lockram—all heavy and comparatively coarse materials—or of fine damask, just as to-day; some of the handsome board-cloths were even trimmed with lace.

From Home Life in Colonial Days by Earle, Alice Morse

Winter clothes was good and warm; dresses made of yarn cloth made up jus' lak dem summertime clothes, and petticoats and draw's made out of osnaburg.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 by Work Projects Administration

She left the room, returning almost immediately with two flowered frocks of osnaburg, and two enormous kerchiefs of the same stuff.

From Peggy Owen at Yorktown by Madison, Lucy Foster